The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.
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According to the Migraine Research Foundation, migraines are the third most prevalent illness in the world. Women are most affected (18%), followed by children of both sexes (10%), and men (6%).
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Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in overdose can seriously damage the liver. It should never be taken by people who use alcohol heavily; it can result in severe liver damage and even a condition requiring a liver transplant.
The Murray Cod is Australia's largest wholly freshwater fish.
Rituals such as the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick are important expressions of religious be
Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica was an important early work on the human species.
Historian James Merrell notes several errors in Benjamin West’s famous 1771 painting, William Penn’s